Originally Posted by
Pavement
VA is flying all of the WA RPT routes with B738. VARA is just doing the FIFO charters.
Those routes were all served by VARA pre covid with a mix of 737 also. VA then assumed all the rpt to keep crew current on the government subsided routes and VARA now does zero rpt and has stood some F100 crew down to 50%. Doesn't sound too bad but somehow VARA doesn’t qualify for jobkeeper so there’s no top up coming for them. Not sure how that worked but that’s what I’ve been told